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The Zookeepers Wife

The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to
hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Zabinska and her
husband, Dr. Jan Zabinski, have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship
and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are
stunned and forced to report to the Reich's newly appointed chief zoologist,
Lutz Heck. To fight back on their own terms, the Zabinskis covertly begin
working with the Resistance and put into action plans to save lives out of what
has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her
children at great risk.

Critic Reviews:

“It doesn't burn through the conscience and haunt you forever like
Schindler's List, but in spite of its laid-back reluctance to shock and
horrify, it's never trivial or boring.” – New York
Observer

“Niki Caro breaks out of the genre and emerges with a truly moving and
original film. She uses the familiar structure of survival and rescue, but her
focus is on the mechanics of cruelty itself in an unlikely setting.” –
The New Republic

“Jessica Chastain is relaxed with some actual lion cubs, and
there's a bunny that should win an Oscar. But when the film pivots to the
scared human beings down below, you get a hint of the weirder, tougher drama it
might have been.” – Timeout